Rogers vs Burnell

Who won Rogers vs Burnell?

Mads Burnell beat Saul Rogers by submission in the 2nd round during the prelims of Bellator 257, on Friday 16th April 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Rogers vs Burnell stats

Saul Rogers stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Mads Burnell made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

Mads Burnell marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Saul Rogers' Bellator record stood at 3-3-0, while Mads Burnell's came in at 5-2-0.

The stats suggested that Rogers and Burnell have similar power, both with a 7% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Rogers and Burnell would have been pretty equal, both with a 57% submission rate.

Saul Rogers was the older man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Rogers had a height advantage of 2 inches over Burnell. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Rogers' experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Burnell's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 3 months earlier than Burnell, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 39 to Burnell's 54.

Rogers vs Burnell form

Burnell had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Darko Banovi at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Steve Aimable at Cage Warriors 111 on 22nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dean Trueman at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

Before that, he was victorious against Ahmed Vila at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had won against ukasz Rajewski at Cage Warriors 99 on 17th November 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Colchester Charter Hall, Colchester, England.

Activity check

Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Rogers vs Burnell?

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